MLB 2014 season thread

[Steak Snabler]

Figured it was time to migrate over from the "hot stove" since they've started playing spring training games.

To start things off, Jose Bautista with a titanic blast off Livan Hernandez in his first spring at-bat:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v31386157/torphi-bautista-opens-the-scoring-with-a-moon-shot/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140226_19171524

 

[LongTimeListener]

Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez: Hey, how did all those dirty pictures and porn links get on my profile? "There was a confusion. My Twitter account was hacked."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10520239/st-louis-cardinals-embarrassed-carlos-martinez-twitter-incident

 

[Steak Snabler]

Ozzie Smith heading up a Budweiser campaign to make Opening Day a national holiday:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24456510/ozzie-smith-budweiser-petition-to-make-opening-day-national-holiday

Sounds like a great idea.

This is 1955, right?

 

[Moderator1]

Figured it was time to migrate over from the "hot stove" since they've started playing spring training games.

To start things off, Jose Bautista with a titanic blast off Livan Hernandez in his first spring at-bat:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v31386157/torphi-bautista-opens-the-scoring-with-a-moon-shot/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140226_19171524

Pretty sure that's Roberto Hernandez. Livan is in Nats camp as a coach of something unspecified

 

[Steak Snabler]

Figured it was time to migrate over from the "hot stove" since they've started playing spring training games.

To start things off, Jose Bautista with a titanic blast off Livan Hernandez in his first spring at-bat:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v31386157/torphi-bautista-opens-the-scoring-with-a-moon-shot/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140226_19171524

Pretty sure that's Roberto Hernandez. Livan is in Nats camp as a coach of something unspecified

Probably so. It was the wrong fat Hernandez.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Ozzie Smith heading up a Budweiser campaign to make Opening Day a national holiday:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24456510/ozzie-smith-budweiser-petition-to-make-opening-day-national-holiday

Sounds like a great idea.

This is 1955, right?

Maybe Bud can make it a national holiday in its Belgian homeland.

 

[heyabbott]

The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. This was back when there were still teams such as the Brooklyn Superbas and the Boston Doves. The Ottoman Empire, which was founded in the 13th century, also existed back then. Mehmed VI was the last sultan of the empire and his reign ended in 1922 when the sultanate was abolished and the Turkish government took governing control over the new republic -- 14 years after the Cubs last won the World Series.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/historical-facts-time_n_4832325.html

 

[RickStain]

And they ain't gonna win it this year or next year, either

 

[LongTimeListener]

The A's Josh Reddick made these two catches yesterday:

Still photos don't do justice to how high he had to scale.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/as-josh-reddick-astounds-with-two-dazzling-catches-to-rob-giants-michael-morse?ymd=20140226&content_id=68383732&vkey=news_mlb

 

[RickStain]

Grienke left his start after four pitches with a leg cramp.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Ryan Braun, let's hope it's something undetectable this time:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10527762/ryan-braun-milwaukee-brewers-homers-1st-bat-back-ban

 

[Steak Snabler]

Twins 3B prospect Miguel Sano, arguably the top power hitter in the minors, needs Tommy John surgery:

http://wp.me/p14QSL-29mH

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. This was back when there were still teams such as the Brooklyn Superbas and the Boston Doves. The Ottoman Empire, which was founded in the 13th century, also existed back then. Mehmed VI was the last sultan of the empire and his reign ended in 1922 when the sultanate was abolished and the Turkish government took governing control over the new republic -- 14 years after the Cubs last won the World Series.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/historical-facts-time_n_4832325.html

If you were to tell a Cubs fan in '08 that women would be able to vote, that a black man would be president, that those horseless carriages would be able to go 80 miles an hour regularly, that those flying machines that they read about in the papers would allow people to go around the world and beyond to space and the moon, that they would be able to carry around telephones in their pockets and be able to talk to, and watch people from the other side of the world, that baseball would have 30 teams instead of 16, plus a host of other things, and the Cubs still wouldn't win another World Series for over 100 years, they'd have looked at you like you were crazy.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Nah, they'd be too drunk to even react.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci to replace Tim McCarver alongside Joe Buck in the FOX booth:

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/440567210960891904

 

[Songbird]

@MLB: Russell Wilson opens eyes, leaves impression on Texas Rangers teammates in #SpringTraining visit: http://atmlb.com/1ksmvK8

 

[Steak Snabler]

Ian Kinsler says he hopes the Rangers go 0-162, calls GM Jon Daniels a "sleazeball":

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10548784/ian-kinsler-detroit-tigers-hopes-texas-rangers-sleazeball-gm-jon-daniels-go-0-162

Just like Michael Young before him, Kinsler raised hell when asked to move to another position so that a prospect that could help the team win more games could play. And like Young, the ex-jock talking heads all raved about what a "leader" Kinsler is.

Sounds like a baby to me.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Ian Kinsler says he hopes the Rangers go 0-162, calls GM Jon Daniels a "sleazeball":

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10548784/ian-kinsler-detroit-tigers-hopes-texas-rangers-sleazeball-gm-jon-daniels-go-0-162

Just like Michael Young before him, Kinsler raised hell when asked to move to another position so that a prospect that could help the team win more games could play. And like Young, the ex-jock talking heads all raved about what a "leader" Kinsler is.

Sounds like a baby to me.

Is it possible that the team does a bad job dealing with veterans? If two guys who previously had good reputations both have bad things to say...

 

[YankeeFan]

Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci to replace Tim McCarver alongside Joe Buck in the FOX booth:

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/440567210960891904

Are Reynolds and Verducci leaving the MLB Network, or will they be working for both?

And, it's nice to see that getting fired for sexual harassment hasn't hurt Reynold's career.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci to replace Tim McCarver alongside Joe Buck in the FOX booth:

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/440567210960891904

Are Reynolds and Verducci leaving the MLB Network, or will they be working for both?

And, it's nice to see that getting fired for sexual harassment hasn't hurt Reynold's career.

Working for both, apparently.